Kaywoodie/KBB/Yello Bole Collectors Thread

[ssjones]

That's a great looking Heritage Dave!

 

[buroak]

dmcmtk, Is that Heritage a 71 shape?
The work done on that 5101 mostly looks pretty good, as xrundog noted, but I am wondering about the thickness of the stem right before the button. I have a Kaywoodie Zulu, and they do not have much excess meat on the stem.

 

[buroak]

Our discussion of Heritage pipes got me thinking about the grade at which they were marketed. I have often heard that they were an upscale pipe, or at least aspired to be. This advertisement, however, makes me wonder what Kaywoodie, actually S.M. Frank by that time, were attempting. Everything about the description sounds high end until you get to the pricing (in 1960s dollars).
Heritage ad
Assuming 1961 as the year for that pricing (a generous assumption considering that this brand probably did not appear until later), a Heritage Heirloom pipe would be priced at $106.89 in 2014 dollars, all other things being equal. Certainly that is not bottom-basement pricing, but it is not even Peterson money in today's market.
Do not get me wrong, I have a couple of Heritage pipes that are attractive and well-built. I am just not sure what the goal of the line was. Whatever the goal was, the short life of the line suggests it was not achieved. Maybe they should have priced them higher to burnish a snobbish image.

 

[dmcmtk]

dmcmtk, Is that Heritage a 71 shape?

An Heirloom shape 72 as seen on the chart here, which I'm guessing is an earlier flyer, as the smooth finish is the Diplomat?
http://kaywoodie.myfreeforum.org/Heritage_Brochure_and_Master_List_about112.html

 

[buroak]

I think that must be an earlier flyer.
A 72 is even better. Nice work on landing that one.

 

[ssjones]

Here's a 73 I recently finished for a buddy in my local pipe club, a 4-hole Supergrain.
http://rebornpipes.com/2015/01/18/kaywoodie-73-supergrain-restoration/

 

[buroak]

That is nice restoration on a rare shape. I am sure your buddy is pleased.

 

[snagstangl]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120-KAYWOODIE-7713B-DRINKLESS-REG-AUTHOR-PIPE-UNSMOKED-/251788705538?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9fc6bf02
We have 7713B unsmoked author
http://www.ebay.com/itm/123-RARE-1930s-DRINKLESS-KAYWOODIE-7755B-SYNCHROSTEM-PAT-APPL-FOR-Hi-Bowl-/251789784788?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9fd736d4
A Paneled 7755B, which I have never seen.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unique-Vintage-Jeweled-Ladies-Kaywoodie-Bakelite-Pipe-Must-See-/261739846848?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf0e91cc0
A jeweled ladies pipe
I just couldn't let this die. I would guess that this is in part on tax refund people are getting. Thats All I can figure out. On unrelated note, other than high bidding, custombilts have been pretty high lately as well.

 

[snagstangl]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120-KAYWOODIE-7713B-DRINKLESS-REG-AUTHOR-PIPE-UNSMOKED-/251788705538?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9fc6bf02
We have 7713B unsmoked author
http://www.ebay.com/itm/123-RARE-1930s-DRINKLESS-KAYWOODIE-7755B-SYNCHROSTEM-PAT-APPL-FOR-Hi-Bowl-/251789784788?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9fd736d4
A Paneled 7755B, which I have never seen.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unique-Vintage-Jeweled-Ladies-Kaywoodie-Bakelite-Pipe-Must-See-/261739846848?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf0e91cc0
A jeweled ladies pipe
I just couldn't let this die. I would guess that this is in part on tax refund people are getting. Thats All I can figure out. On unrelated note, other than high bidding, custombilts have been pretty high lately as well.

 

[ssjones]

Ah, tax refunds, that might explain the $500 Sasieni I just posted elsewhwere.

 

[xrundog]

I like the 55B. But the way it looks, I don't think it's gonna happen for me.

 

[buroak]

Those unsmoked pipes are going to get good money, especially the 55B. That paneled shape apparently went out of production before the 1936 catalog. Even the massive shape list on kaywoodie.freeforum does not include it.
By the way, a high price for this pipe would not be crazy, but I expect the bidding to go nuts: Thorn Churchwarden

 

[buroak]

That churchwarden is already on track.

 

[xrundog]

Yep, never seen a Thorn chuchwarden much less one with an Ambera stem. That's quite a survivor!

 

[buroak]

A survivor to be sure, and it is going to get a hero's welcome.

 

[buroak]

This is the current listing I do not understand: Allbriar
I suppose they are rare enough, but a briar stem never struck me as a great idea.
snagstangl, I have not been watching Custom-Bilt pipes in quite a while. I got a steal on one "filter" Custom-Bilt and a decent deal on another, then proceeded to call it quits on those pipes. How far off average pricing have they gone?

 

[melvinsunsmokedcastello]

Is that bejeweled Kaywoodie even a real thing? It looks like something somebody on etsy would "create"

 

[buroak]

That Ladies Pipe is the genuine article. I have no idea would want it, but it is the real deal.

 

[buroak]

I do not know whether this counts as crazy bidding, but I was surprised by the final price.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KBB-DRINKLESS-KAYWOODIE-Briar-Pipe-AGED-BRUYERE-7738-Box-Papers-EC-/161561131790

 

[dmcmtk]

Again, you guys know a lot more about the subject than I do, but the pipe and box don't seem to match, am I correct? It's however, a box from the same time frame, yes?